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SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Receive NSSL Contracts Worth Up to Nearly $14 Billion

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 4th, 2025

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SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Receive NSSL Contracts Worth Up to Nearly $14 Billion

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket carrying the Cert-2 mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. for Vulcan’s second and final certification flight on Oct. 4 last year (ULA Photo)

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX, United Launch Alliance partnership of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA], and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin nearly $14 billion in National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts on Friday. SSC said that the Phase 3, Lane 2 NSSL firm fixed price awards have ceilings of more than $5.9 billion for SpaceX, more than $5.3 billion for ULA, and nearly $2.4 billion for Blue Origin. SpaceX is expected to receive 28…

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